Nuclear imaging for localization and surgical outcome prediction in epilepsy: A review of latest discoveries and future perspectives

C Sukprakun, S Tepmongkol - Frontiers in neurology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders. Approximately, one-
third of patients with epilepsy have seizures refractory to antiepileptic drugs and further …

[HTML][HTML] Intensity normalization methods in brain FDG-PET quantification

FJ López-González, J Silva-Rodríguez… - Neuroimage, 2020 - Elsevier
Background The lack of standardization of intensity normalization methods and its unknown
effect on the quantification output is recognized as a major drawback for the harmonization …

Deep‐learning predicted PET can be subtracted from the true clinical fluorodeoxyglucose PET co‐registered to MRI to identify the epileptogenic zone in focal epilepsy

A Flaus, J Jung, K Ostrowky‐Coste, S Rheims… - Epilepsia …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Objective Normal interictal [18F] FDG‐PET can be predicted from the corresponding
T1w MRI with Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs). A technique we call SIPCOM …

SimPET—An open online platform for the Monte Carlo simulation of realistic brain PET data. Validation for 18F‐FDG scans

J Paredes‐Pacheco, FJ López‐González… - Medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose SimPET (www. sim‐pet. org) is a free cloud‐based platform for the generation of
realistic brain positron emission tomography (PET) data. In this work, we introduce the key …

Automated seizure onset zone locator from resting-state functional MRI in drug-resistant epilepsy

A Banerjee, P Kamboj, SN Wyckoff… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Objective Accurate localization of a seizure onset zone (SOZ) from independent components
(IC) of resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) improves surgical …

Epileptogenic zone localization in refractory epilepsy by Fdg-Pet: the comparison of spm and spm-cat with different parameter settings

EJ Bacon, C Jin, D He, S Hu, L Wang, H Li… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Refractory epilepsy is a complex case of epileptic disease. The quantitative analysis of
fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) images complements visual …

Comparison of qualitative and quantitative analyses of MR-arterial spin labeling perfusion data for the assessment of pediatric patients with focal epilepsies

D Tortora, M Cataldi, M Severino, A Consales… - Diagnostics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The role of MR Arterial-Spin-Labeling Cerebral Blood Flow maps (ASL-CBF) in the
assessment of pediatric focal epilepsy is still debated. We aim to compare the Seizure Onset …

[HTML][HTML] Presurgical evaluation of drug-resistant paediatric focal epilepsy with PISCOM compared to SISCOM and FDG-PET

J Aparicio, A Niñerola-Baizán, A Perissinotti, S Rubí… - Seizure, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose Children with drug-resistant focal epilepsy have a compromised quality of life.
Epilepsy surgery can control or significantly reduce the seizures. We assessed and …

Resting-state fMRI can detect alterations in seizure onset and spread regions in patients with non-lesional epilepsy: a pilot study

AV Sathe, CM Matias, M Kogan, I Ailes… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Epilepsy is defined as non-lesional (NLE) when a lesion cannot be localized via
standard neuroimaging. NLE is known to have a poor response to surgery. Stereotactic …

Prognostic value of high-frequency oscillations combined with multimodal imaging methods for epilepsy surgery

X Yan, F Yin, C Xu, T Yu, X Li, W Wang… - Chinese Medical …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Background: The combination of high-frequency oscillations (HFOs) with single-mode
imaging methods has been proved useful in identifying epileptogenic zones, whereas few …